#8c5889

Color #8c5889

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 27.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8c5889

RGB

rgb(140, 88, 137)

HSL

hsl(303.5, 22.8%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.5, 37.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 2.1%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(44.75, 29.58, -18.45)

LCH

lch(44.75, 34.86, 328.05)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0967, 328.87)

HWB

hwb(303.5, 34.5%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#588c5b

Analogous

#75588c

#8c5889

#8c586f

Triadic

#8c5889

#898c58

#58898c

Split-complementary

#8c5889

#6f8c58

#588c75

Tetradic

#8c5889

#8c5b58

#588c5b

#58898c

Square

#8c5889

#8c7558

#588c5b

#586f8c

Shades

Color #8c5889 mixed toward black.

#754972

#5d3b5b

#462c44

#2f1d2e

#170f17

Tints

Color #8c5889 mixed toward white.

#a46fa1

#b68cb4

#c9a8c7

#dbc5d9

#ede2ec

Tones

Color #8c5889 mixed toward gray.

#885c85

#836181

#7f657d

#7b697a

#766e76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79787f · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#7c7f7d · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#8a7775 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c5889;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c5889]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#8c5889 (#8c5889) is rgb(140, 88, 137) in RGB.

No, #8c5889 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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